Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If you sin, how does that affect him? If your sins are many, what does that do to him? New Living Translation If you sin, how does that affect God? Even if you sin again and again, what effect will it have on him? English Standard Version If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him? And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him? Berean Standard Bible If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him? King James Bible If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? New King James Version If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? Or, if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to Him? New American Standard Bible “If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against Him? And if your wrongdoings are many, what do you do to Him? NASB 1995 “If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against Him? And if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him? NASB 1977 “If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against Him? And if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him? Legacy Standard Bible If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against Him? And if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him? Amplified Bible “If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against Him? And if your transgressions are multiplied, what have you done to Him? Christian Standard Bible If you sin, how does it affect God? If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to him? Holman Christian Standard Bible If you sin, how does it affect God? If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to Him? American Standard Version If thou hast sinned, what effectest thou against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? Contemporary English Version and think! Do your sins hurt God? English Revised Version If thou hast sinned, what doest thou against him? and if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him. GOD'S WORD® Translation If you've sinned, what effect can you have on God? If you've done many wrongs, what can you do to him? Good News Translation If you sin, that does no harm to God. If you do wrong many times, does that affect him? International Standard Version If you sin, what will that do to harm him? If you add transgression to transgression what will it do to him? Majority Standard Bible If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him? NET Bible If you sin, how does it affect God? If your transgressions are many, what does it do to him? New Heart English Bible If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him? Webster's Bible Translation If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions are multiplied, what doest thou to him? World English Bible If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him? Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionIf you have sinned, what do you do against Him? And your transgressions have been multiplied, "" What do you do to Him? Young's Literal Translation If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him? Smith's Literal Translation If thou sinnedst, what wilt thou do against him? and thy transgressions were multiplied, what wilt thou do to him? Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIf thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thy iniquities be multiplied, what shalt thou do against him? Catholic Public Domain Version If you sin, how will it hurt him? And if your iniquities are multiplied, what will you do against him? New American Bible If you sin, what do you do to God? Even if your offenses are many, how do you affect him? New Revised Standard Version If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him? And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleIf you sin, what difference does it make to him? And if your iniquities be multiplied, what does it matter to him? Peshitta Holy Bible Translated If you sin, what will you do to him, and if your evil increases, what will you do to him? OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917If thou hast sinned, what doest thou against Him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto Him? Brenton Septuagint Translation and if too thou hast transgressed much, what canst thou perform? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Elihu Reminds Job of God's Justice…5Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you. 6If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him? 7If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?… Cross References Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Psalm 51:4 Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge. Ecclesiastes 7:20 Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins. 1 John 1:8-10 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. / If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. / If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us. Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Proverbs 8:36 But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.” James 2:10 Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. Psalm 130:3 If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand? 1 Kings 8:46 When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to his own land, whether far or near, Romans 3:9-12 What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin. / As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one. / There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. ... Isaiah 64:6 Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind. Galatians 6:7-8 Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. / The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Ezekiel 18:20 The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. Treasury of Scripture If you sin, what do you against him? or if your transgressions be multiplied, what do you to him? Proverbs 8:36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death. Proverbs 9:12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. Jeremiah 7:19 Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces? Jump to Previous Accomplish Affect Effect Great Multiplied Sin Sinned Sins Transgressions Worse WrongJump to Next Accomplish Affect Effect Great Multiplied Sin Sinned Sins Transgressions Worse WrongJob 35 1. Comparison is not to be made with God, 6. because our good or evil cannot extend unto him 9. Many cry in their afflictions, but are not heard for lack of faith If you sin The Hebrew word for "sin" here is "חָטָא" (chata), which means to miss the mark or to err. In the context of Job, this word emphasizes the human tendency to fall short of God's standards. Sin, in its essence, is a deviation from God's will and purpose. From a conservative Christian perspective, sin is not just a personal failing but a spiritual condition that separates humanity from God. The rhetorical question posed here suggests that human sin does not diminish God's sovereignty or His divine nature. It serves as a reminder that while sin affects our relationship with God, it does not alter His eternal character. how does it affect Him? If your transgressions are many what does it do to Him? Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Ifאִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not you sin, חָ֭טָאתָ (ḥā·ṭā·ṯā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 2398: To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn what מַה־ (mah-) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what do you accomplish תִּפְעָל־ (tip̄·‘āl-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 6466: To do, make, to practise against Him? בּ֑וֹ (bōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew If you multiply וְרַבּ֥וּ (wə·rab·bū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 7231: To cast together, increase, in number, to multiply by the myriad your transgressions, פְ֝שָׁעֶ֗יךָ (p̄ə·šā·‘e·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6588: Transgression what מַה־ (mah-) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what do you do תַּעֲשֶׂה־ (ta·‘ă·śeh-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make to Him? לּֽוֹ׃ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew Links Job 35:6 NIVJob 35:6 NLT Job 35:6 ESV Job 35:6 NASB Job 35:6 KJV Job 35:6 BibleApps.com Job 35:6 Biblia Paralela Job 35:6 Chinese Bible Job 35:6 French Bible Job 35:6 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 35:6 If you have sinned what effect do (Jb) |
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